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I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Henri Matisse

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Henri Matisse
Age: 84 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 31
Died: 1954
Died: November 3
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An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
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Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done.
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There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
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To arrive is to be in prison.
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An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
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It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.
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Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.
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Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.
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A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be preferred to the exclusion of the other. Often both are used in turn by the same man.
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The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.
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When I started to paint I felt transported into a kind of paradise... In everyday life I was usually bored and vexed... Starting to paint I felt gloriously free.
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An artist is an explorer.
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Another word for creativity is courage.
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To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
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When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.
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Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?
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I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
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The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts, he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us.
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